As my 9,900 closest friends, thank you so much for coming to my birthday party!
At this party, we're going to play games, build fics, and give gifts in the form of donations. Money raised will support my mom's ongoing dementia care & costs of living associated with that.
Using the guide below, you can create your own slumber party experience with a donation to my mom’s GoFundMe (gifts above $5) or my Ko-Fi (under $5).
First things first, I have a small way of participating for free for those unable to donate!
If you reblog this post to an active blog (must have a post history & a profile picture) with the hashtag #rradbirthday, you’ll get a $1 credit to spend on anything of that donation value. You can share to any active social media platform instead as long as you can screenshot proof of sharing.
Once you’ve made your decisions and your donation, fill out this form!
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I will take donations throughout the entire month, and I will post things as I get to them before the deadline. While my Ko-Fi and GoFundMe will remain up indefinitely, the submission form will close July 31st at midnight.
All requests following the rules will be fulfilled by August 15 @ midnight Pacific.
Now, go ahead and check out the party!
$1 - A raffle ticket to win a pack of assorted stickers from Mr. James’ sticker collection (free shipping; international welcome)
If you buy a raffle ticket, your name will go into a randomizer. Two winners will be randomly selected to win a pack of 25 stickers selected by Mr. James with a thank-you note from me. You must be willing to provide an address where you can receive mail as there will be no return address.
Choose a character and then a cake flavor, frosting, and toppings to make a tasty blurb.
$2 - Drabble length (around 100 words)
$5 - Blurb length (around 500 words)
$10 - Scene length (around 1000 words)
Cake Flavor
Chocolate (Smut)
Vanilla (Fluff)
Red Velvet (Angst)
Coffee (Crack
Frosting Flavor
Chocolate (established relationship)
Vanilla (getting together)
Strawberry (hurt/comfort)
Cream cheese (omegaverse)
Toppings
Rainbow sprinkles (domestic)
Edible glitter (yandere/dark)
Sugar pearls (possessiveness/protectiveness)
Marshmallows (idiots in love)
If you want an NSFW ficlet, pick a filling
Cherry (virginity loss)
Honey (sex pollen)
Fudge (D/s)
Custard (sex toys)
Marshmallow fluff (somnophilia)
Double frosting (James’ choice)
Truths
$1 - I’ll answer any writing-focused question
$2 - Ask me anything! This guarantees you a response to any question.
$3 - I’ll reveal one sentence from a WIP of your choice with absolutely no context
$4 - I'll drop a minor spoiler from an ongoing series of your choice
$5 - I’ll give you a brief hot take/personal opinion about anything of your choosing related to the fandoms I write for. That’s right: James will dunk on your faves.
Dares
$1 - Send a prompt to be included on my 10K followers build-a-blurb game (examples of previous games)
$2 - $2 - Choose one of my brainworms from this list & I'll write up to a paragraph for it.
$3 - Send an idea & a character; I’ll send back a headcanon of a few sentences to a few paragraphs (example of one of my headcanon posts)
$4 - Choose one of my personal “embarrassing” kinks and I’ll give you a character headcanon
$5 - Choose any of my most-dreaded tropes & a character and I’ll write a blurb for it
$5 - Choose any of my current WIPs from this list; I will add one paragraph and post it. My typical paragraphs are about 50-100 words. This will compound if you wish to donate more - $10 for two paragraphs, $20 for four, etc. Capped at $50 (ten paragraphs).
$5 - I’ll write a blurb-to-scene-length dialogue exchange between reader and any character you’d like based on any of these prompts
$1 per letter of the NSFW alphabet for a character of your choosing ($26 for all)
$5 - I will create a one-screenshot SMAU text conversation (examples in this fic) with a character of your choice based on your prompt. This will compound if you wish to donate more - $10 for two screenshots, $20 for four, etc. Capped at $30 (six screenshots, basically a ficlet)
$20 - I will create a four-screenshot SMAU conversation in a group chat of your choosing (examples: Deran, Craig, and Pope planning a heist with you; the Pittlings encouraging you to ask out Jack)
$15 - I’ll properly outline a chapter or one shot for any WIP of your choice
$30 - I will write a full scene expanding one of my existing fics’ universes
$50 - I will read & provide feedback on a piece of writing of yours under 5k words. Return time will be one week.
$200 - I will finish any WIP (chapter or one shot) of your choice. Turnaround time will be one month at most.
Party Playlist
$1 - Choose a character & I'll add a song that reminds me of them to a character playlist
$1 - Send me a song that reminds you of a character and I'll add it to the playlist
$5 - Send me a song of your choice and a character; I will write a blurb based on it. Your song will be added to the character playlist.
If you want to pool donations with other users to get a bigger item together, feel free; just fill out one form and include all of your usernames. If you want to donate more and ask less, you're of course welcome to and appreciated. Please shoot me any other questions in asks, replies, or messages and I'll update this post with clarifications.
Disclaimers/boring notes:
In case this actually goes well, I will be avoiding spamming your dashboards by combining responses into themed posts. For example, if I receive five $5 donations asking for the same WIP to be expanded, I will make a post with all five of those paragraphs, or I will combine all of my hot takes onto one post, etc. I have no idea what the reception will be like on this, but I don’t want to have this become a hundred random posts on my blog in a row, so I’ll do my best to collate.
*Donations sent through GoFundMe are tax-free to our family; for this reason, it is the preferred donation platform. Donations sent through ko-fi will be taxed as 1099 self-employment income on my end, so I ask that you only use it for donations beneath GoFundMe's $5USD requirement. Both are generally considered personal gifts, not charitable donations/deductions, for your tax reporting reasons.
If you don't fill out the form (i.e. if you send an ask or reply) or don't follow the rules as written, you will not receive a response. I have to be able to track participation.
